KanTe – Kollektiv für angepasste Technik

About KanTe

KanTe – Kollektiv für angepasste Technik – is a collective enterprise in Berlin that offers workshops and seminars on environmental and technology education and provides planning services and coordination tasks in the field of construction planning. Its focus areas include sustainable sanitation systems (Ökoklo & Co.), low-tech developments such as bicycle-powered machines (smoothie bikes, bicycle-powered garden shredder) as well as open-source building instructions, webinars and project documentations published under a Creative Commons license. In the construction of bicycle machines, MAG welding with recycled bicycle forks and scrap metal, the reconditioning of bicycle parts and woodworking were used, among other techniques. KanTe worked with cooperation partners such as TU Berlin, the Energieseminar, the SHK-Innung and handwerk@school and is involved in the Netzwerk für nachhaltige Sanitärsysteme e.V. The registered office is located at Gneisenaustraße 2a, 10961 Berlin (c/o Vobik Büroetage).

Site

Berlin

Processes

Workshops & seminars on environmental and technology education, Planning services & coordination tasks / construction planning, Construction of bicycle-powered machines (smoothie bikes, garden shredder), Planning services & coordination tasks (construction planning), Ökoklo & Co. (consulting/implementation of sustainable sanitation systems), Open-source building instructions, webinars and project documentations, Development of low-tech/bicycle machines (e.g. smoothie bikes, garden shredder)

Materials

MAG welding, Steel (scrap metal, recycled bicycle parts), Hardwood

Certificates

Open-source license CC-BY-SA 4.0

Industries

Environmental and technology education, Sustainable sanitation systems, Low-tech / appropriate technology, Education/school cooperations, Education/environmental education, Low-tech/appropriate technology

1. 01

   Needs analysis and user participation

2. 02

   Concept development of appropriate technology

3. 03

   Planning / coordination (construction planning)

4. 04

   Construction and build (e.g. bicycle machines)

5. 05

   Documentation and open-source publication

6. 06

   Workshops, seminars and webinars

Processes and materials used

Locations

Berlin

DE

Registered office (c/o Vobik Büroetage), delivery of workshops and projects

Materials

Steel (recycled bicycle parts, scrap metal), hardwood

• Welding station (MAG)
• Grinding equipment
• Tool and soldering equipment for solar workshops

Projects and components

Inside the production

Processes & technical limits

Quality and licenses

The offerings are aimed at schools, community gardens and network partners; technical documentations (technical drawings, construction and usage instructions) are published open source under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

History

1. 2017

   Founding of the Netzwerk für nachhaltige Sanitärsysteme e.V. on World Toilet Day in Berlin with the participation of KanTe; webinar on the bicycle-powered garden shredder (April 2017); workshops on solar energy with handwerk@school in cooperation with the SHK-Innung

2. 2018

   Seminars on smoothie bikes with TU Berlin and the Energieseminar (International Engineering Summerschool); she*fix project at re:publica 2018; start of engagement in the pension working group (AG Altersvorsorge) of the Baukollektive-Vernetzung

3. 2019-2021

   Education projects 'Wir haben Energie!' (2019-2020) and '(K)ein Plan für's Klima!?' (2020-2021), funded by the Environmental and Nature Conservation Office of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

4. 2022

   Participation in the audio contribution 'Altern fetzt!' of the Baukollektive-Vernetzung; documentation of the greywater tower (August 2022)